Pardoner's Prologue and Tale Test Review -- Part 2

What plan did the two rioters who remained with the treasure make while the youngest went into town?

• They realize what horrible sinners they are, give the treasure to the local priest, and confess their sins to the priest.

• They plan to kill the youngest rioter when he returns so they can take his share of the treasure.

• They try to find the old man to give him a portion of the treasure because he was the one who sent them to the tree.

What plan did the youngest rioter who went to town make about killing the two others when he returned?

• He planned to poison the wine he bought in town.

• He planned to stab them while they slept.

• He planned to let the horse trample them.

At the end of the tale, who has died, and how did it happen?

• The youngest one died because the older two stabbed him when the youngest one returned from town.

• All three died. The two who stayed with the gold stabbed the youngest one who had gone to town, and then they unknowingly drank the poisoned wine he brought back from town.

• They all died. The thugs killed the two men, then killed the one who had hired them.

How does the story fit the Pardoner’s theme that he stated at the beginning of his tale--”Greed is the root of all evil?

• The rioters are greedy enough to commit murder so they can keep the treasure for themselves.

• Death tells the rioters that they will be punished for their greed.

• The rioters are robbed of the treasure at night while taking it home by others who are just as greedy as them.

How does the story fit the Pardoner’s theme that he stated at the beginning of his tale--”Greed is the root of all evil?

• Death tells the rioters that they will be punished for their greed.

• The rioters are greedy enough to commit murder so they can keep the treasure for themselves.

• The rioters are robbed of the treasure at night while taking it home by others who are just as greedy as them.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the end of the Pardoner’s Tale?

• The rioters become rich.

• Death takes a holiday.

• The rioters finally find death.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

After telling his tale, what does the Pardoner offer to do for his fellow pilgrims?

• Buy them a round of drinks

• Pray for their souls

• Sell them relics and pardons

The Pardoner’s pious and devoutly religious story about avoiding the sin of greed along with his sales pitch for his relics and pardons after the tale reveals his –

• sensitivity and ignorance

• honesty and kindness

• immorality and greed

A RUFFIAN is a bully. True or False?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

After the rioters abandon their search for Death, they find him anyway when they murder one another because of their greed. This act is an example of –

• Poetic irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9